В свободном доступе спецвыпуск Polymer Journal, посвященный структурным исследованиям (Application of Quantum Beams to Polymer Science and Engineering)
Тhe January 2013 issue of Polymer Journal is a special issue on Application of Quantum Beams to Polymer Science and Engineering, featuring specially-solicited papers including three review articles. We would like to thank guest editors Professor Toshiji Kanaya and Professor Kazuo Sakurai, and special issue editor Professor Atsushi Takahara for their support with the planning and coordination of this issue.
Editorials
Towards brighter futures for the Polymer Journal and polymer science
Takashi Kato Editor-in-Chief
Focus Review
Polymer Structures
Small angle X-ray scattering studies of nanocellular and nanoporous structures
Hideaki Yokoyama
Reviews
Physical Properties of Polymers
Analysis of structures of rubber-filler systems with combined scattering methods
Mikihito Takenaka
The application of neutron scattering to the relation between chain dimensions and miscibility for polyolefins
David J Lohse
Polymer Surface and Interfaces
‘Marker’ grazing-incidence X-ray photon correlation spectroscopy: a new tool to peer into the interfaces of nanoconfined polymer thin films
Naisheng Jiang, Maya K Endoh and Tadanori Koga
Grazing incidence small-angle neutron scattering: challenges and possibilities
Peter Müller-Buschbaum
Original Articles
Polymer Structures
In-situ analysis of the structural formation process of liquid–crystalline epoxy thermosets by simultaneous SAXS/WAXS measurements using synchrotron radiation
Miyuki Harada, Junichiro Ando, Seiya Hattori, Shinichi Sakurai, Naoki Sakamoto, Terumasa Yamasaki, Hiroyasu Masunaga and Mitsukazu Ochi
Structural analysis of poly(ethylene terephthalate) during uniaxial drawing above the glass transition temperature
Kazuyuki Okada, Takuji Higashioji, Takeshi Nakagawa, Hirohito Uchida, Kenta Takahashi, Rintaro Inoue, Koji Nishida and Toshiji Kanaya
Small-angle X-ray and neutron scattering analyses of highly crosslinked rubber with unsaturated carboxylic acid
Ryo Mashita, Hiroyuki Kishimoto, Rintaro Inoue and Toshiji Kanaya
Visualization of nanoscale deformation in polymer composites with zernike-type phase-contrast X-ray microscopy and the finite element method
Hiroyuki Kishimoto, Yuya Shinohara, Masato Naito, Akihisa Takeuchi, Kentaro Uesugi, Yoshio Suzuki and Yoshiyuki Amemiya
Temperature dependence of crystallization of nano-oriented crystals of iPP and the formation mechanism
Kiyoka N Okada, Katsuharu Tagashira, Kazuhiko Sakai, Hiroyasu Masunaga and Masamichi Hikosaka
Simultaneous small- and wide-angle X-ray scattering studies on the crystallization dynamics of poly(4-methylpentene-1) from melt
Kazuki Mita, Hiroshi Okumura, Kazuki Kimura, Takeharu Isaki, Mikihito Takenaka and Toshiji Kanaya
Physical Properties of Polymers
Crystallization kinetics of polypropylene containing a sorbitol nucleating agent
Satoshi Katsuno, Masahiro Yoshinaga, Shinichi Kitade, Yusuke Sanada, Isamu Akiba, Kazuo Sakurai and Hiroyasu Masunaga
Thermal gradient effect on the dynamical behavior of nanoparticles observed using X-ray photon correlation spectroscopy
Taiki Hoshino, Daiki Murakami, Kiminori Ito, Yoshihito Tanaka, Sono Sasaki, Masaki Takata, Hiroshi Jinnai and Atsushi Takahara
Polymer Surface and Interfaces
Novel neutron reflectometer SOFIA at J-PARC/MLF for in-situ soft-interface characterization
Koji Mitamura, Norifui L Yamada, Hidenori Sagehashi, Naoya Torikai, Hiroshi Arita, Masami Terada, Motoyasu Kobayashi, Setsuo Sato, Hideki Seto, Shinji Goko, Michihiro Furusaka, Tatsuro Oda, Masahiro Hino, Hiroshi Jinnai and Atsushi Takahara
Experimental station for multiscale surface structural analyses of soft-material films at SPring-8 via a GISWAX/GIXD/XR-integrated system
Hiroki Ogawa, Hiroyasu Masunaga, Sono Sasaki, Shunji Goto, Takashi Tanaka, Takamitsu Seike, Sunao Takahashi, Kunikazu Takeshita, Nobuteru Nariyama, Haruhiko Ohashi, Toru Ohata, Yukito Furukawa, Tomohiro Matsushita, Yasuhide Ishizawa, Naoto Yagi, Masaki Takata, Hideo Kitamura, Atsushi Takahara, Kazuo Sakurai, Kohji Tashiro, Toshiji Kanaya, Yoshiyuki Amemiya, Kazuyuki Horie, Mikihito Takenaka, Hiroshi Jinnai, Hiroshi Okuda, Isamu Akiba, Isao Takahashi, Katsuhiro Yamamoto, Masamichi Hikosaka, Shinichi Sakurai, Yuya Shinohara, Yasunori Sugihara and Akihiko Okada
Chain-mixing behavior at interface between polystyrene brushes and polystyrene matrices
Hiroshi Arita, Koji Mitamura, Motoyasu Kobayashi, Norifumi L Yamada, Hiroshi Jinnai and Atsushi Takahara